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Members of the family Marantaceae are ornamental tropical perennial foliage plants generally provided with rhizomes. This family of these monocotyledons includes 27 genera and about 300 species, whose original areas are the tropical zones of South America. The leaves are basal, double, or triple and emerge from an articulate petiole. The flowers are insignificant, hermaphrodite, irregular, provided with a calyx, a corolla, and five stamina, of which only half are fertile. The ovary is 1–3-locular with a single ovule in each cavity; the fruit is a berry or a nut.
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Scaramuzzi, F., Apollonio, G. (1997). Micropropagation of Ctenanthe lubbersiana Eichl. and Maranta leuconeura Morren var. Tricolor (Marantaceae). In: Bajaj, Y.P.S. (eds) High-Tech and Micropropagation VI. Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, vol 40. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03354-8_7
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